@mail not sending mail in php

Question

This is the first time I am using the mail function. I tried to send a mail using this and the code tells me it\'s \"successfully sent\", but I didn\'t receive any mail. I\'

Answer 1

Disclosure: I'm one of the developers behind AlphaMail

Since you have no error to go on, it's not that easy to say what the issue is here. I would therefore recommend that to manually try and connect to the SMTP-server from your server and send the email manually. This way you'll have the error in hand instead of second-guessing.

If you don't want to do this, and just want it to "work" I would recommend that you use a Transactional Email Service such as:

• AlphaMail
• MailGun
• PostageApp

Why?

• You don't have to think that much about email delivery.
• Statistics. Let's you track Total Sent/Clicks/Opens/Bounces.
• Often web service-based instead of SMTP. I.e. easier to handle.
• Cleaner code (at least if you use AlphaMail that separates data from presentation).
• Scalable and future proof.

If you choose to go with AlphaMail you could use the AlphaMail PHP-client.

Example:

include_once("comfirm.alphamail.client/emailservice.class.php");

$email_service = AlphaMailEmailService::create()
    ->setServiceUrl("http://api.amail.io/v1")
    ->setApiToken("YOUR-ACCOUNT-API-TOKEN-HERE");

$person = new stdClass();
$person->userId = "1234";
$person->firstName = "John";
$person->lastName = "Doe";
$person->dateOfBirth = 1975;

$response = $email_service->queue(EmailMessagePayload::create()
    ->setProjectId(12345) // Your AlphaMail project (determines template, options, etc)
    ->setSender(new EmailContact("Sender Company Name", "from@example.com"))
    ->setReceiver(new EmailContact("Joe Doe", "to@example.org"))
    ->setBodyObject($person) // Any serializable object
);

Another advantage with AlphaMail is that you can edit your templates directly in the AlphaMail Dashboard, and you can format your emails using the Comlang template language.

    
        Name: <# payload.firstName " " payload.lastName #>

        Date of Birth: <# payload.dateOfBirth #>


        <# if (payload.userId != null) { #>
            Sign Up Free!
        <# } else { #>
            Sign In
        <# } #>